Date: June 30, 2008
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Price falls short in Nationwide

Australian Aron Price has finished two shots behind winner Justin Hicks at the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic in Ontario. Price headed into the final day in equal 16th position and recorded a four-under-par final round of 67 to finish the Nationwide Tour tournament in a share of fifth position on 14-under overall. Hicks drew level with third-round leader Casey Wittenberg on 16-under after 72 holes and sent the tournament into a playoff. Hicks won the playoff with a two-putt par on the first playoff hole. American duo Garrett Osborn and Peter Tomasulo both finished a shot further back from Hicks and Wittenberg on 15-under. Osborn came from the clouds on the final day to register the best round of any golfer – a sizzling nine-under par 62 – and finish in equal third position after being in a tie for 47th after 54 holes. Cameron Percy was the next best Australian in equal 34th position on eight-under while Paul Gow, David McKenzie and Ewan Porter were all a shot further back on seven-under. Final Round Scores from the Wayne Gretzky Classic, Nationwide Tour -16: Justin Hicks 70 63 67 69, Casey Wittenberg 66 66 67 70 -15: Garrett Osbom 70 66 72 62, Peter Tomasulo 69 69 69 63 -14: Greg Owen 69 68 70 64, Hunter Haas 65 71 69 66, Aron Price (Australia) 65 67 72 67, Gibby Gilbert 111 69 63 70 69, Matt Every 68 66 67 70 -13: Bret Guetz 67 69 71 65, D.A. Points 69 62 72 69, Kyle Reifers 69 65 67 71, Sebastien Fernandez 67 65 68 72 -12: Jim Herman 69 67 70 67, Chris Tidland 67 65 70 71, Rich barcelo 66 70 67 70, Michael Putman 68 65 68 72, Bubba Dickerson 66 67 67 73 -11: Fran Quinn 68 66 73 67, Ricky Barnes 71 66 69 68, Matt Hansen 69 66 70 69 Also: -8: Cameron Percy (Australia) 67 69 70 71 -7: Paul Gow (Australia) 70 67 70 71, David McKenzie (Australia) 69 64 73, Ewan Porter (Australia) 69 69 67 73 -6: Andrew Bonhomme (Australia) 71 67 72 69, Jarrod Lyle (Australia) 72 64 73 70 -5: Greg Chalmers (Australia) 65 71 72 72